https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/19/makers-vs-takers/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 09:26:01 -0400<![CDATA[In effect, the 21st century version of class conflict sets the stage for an exceptionally bitter face-off between the left and the right in Congress. The national government is facing the prospect of forced austerity, weighing such zero-sum choices as raising capital gains taxes or cutting food stamps, slashing defense spending or restricting unemployment benefits, establishing a 15 cents-a-gallon gasoline tax or pushing citizens off the Medicaid rolls, pushing central bank policy favorable to the financial services industry or curtailing Medicare eligibility.]]>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:30:51 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/19/makers-vs-takers-n97623